Atlantic Hurricanes 1851-2022 Dataset

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atlantichurricanes18512022.csv

Description

Data about Atlantic Ocean hurricanes from 1851 to 2022. The Atlantic hurricane season is roughly from June through November. Tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic are called hurricanes, tropical storms, or tropical depressions.

Variables

• Year: calendar year
• Named: number of named storms
• Hurricanes: number of hurricanes
• Major: number of major hurricanes (Category 3 and higher)

Rows: 172
Columns: 4
$ Year       <dbl> 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860,…
$ Named      <dbl> 6, 5, 8, 5, 5, 6, 4, 6, 8, 7, 8, 6, 9, 5, 7, 7, 9, 4, 10, 1…
$ Hurricanes <dbl> 3, 5, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3, 6, 7, 6, 6, 3, 5, 3, 3, 6, 7, 3, 7, 10…
$ Major      <dbl> 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 2,…

# A tibble: 6 × 4
   Year Named Hurricanes Major
  <dbl> <dbl>      <dbl> <dbl>
1  1851     6          3     1
2  1852     5          5     1
3  1853     8          4     2
4  1854     5          3     1
5  1855     5          4     1
6  1856     6          4     2

# A tibble: 6 × 4
   Year Named Hurricanes Major
  <dbl> <dbl>      <dbl> <dbl>
1  2017    17         10     6
2  2018    15          8     2
3  2019    18          6     3
4  2020    30         14     7
5  2021    21          7     4
6  2022    16          8     2

References

Source: StatCrunch public datasets

Active 2021 Atlantic hurricane season officially ends

Landsea, Chris and Blake, Eric. (June 30, 2021). “Was 2020 a Record-Breaking Hurricane Season? Yes, But…” Inside the Eye, the Offical Blog of the National Hurricane Center.

Wikipedia 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season

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